The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

MARKET BIONEY AND COMEERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Affairs continue quiet in discount circles. The Wants of the public must either be exceedingly limited or else they are keeping their bills back in the hope of gettieg them negotiated at cheaper rates before many days are over. The demand to• day for monetary assistance has been less than the recent average, which has been very restricted. Capital, however, is abundant, but the quotations 48 yet continue at per cent. for three months' paper. The failure has been reported of Messrs Ford, Curtis, and Curtis, ship provision merchants and general shippers, of the Minories. So far as can at Present be estimated, the liabilities are £lOO,OOO, bat nothing of an authentic character is stated about the assets. Mr James D. Thomson (Messrs. Thomson, Wat son, and Co., St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, direc tor of the European Bank, and Mr J. W. Holland, director of the Provincial Banking Corporation, /lave joined the board of the Aberaman (late Craw shay Bailey's) Iron Works. More than the entire capital has been applied for. Accounts from Constantinople to the 13th inst. state that the Government has abandoned the pro loosed new issue of Consolides. The Serghis of 10 Years, which carried 6 per cent. interest, and 20 per cent. sinking fund, are to be converted into Schima bearing 5 per cent. interest, without any sinking fund. The " Salim , ' is a Treasury debt, and the bonds are merely certificates, having no resemblance Whatever to those of the Consolides. A slight downward tendency took place in the foreign exchange yesterday afternoon. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market, after recovering the fractional depreciation which occurred yesterday, has continued to present a firm aspect. The ?ands have been well maintained, Consols being 88 Z- 89 for money, and 89k I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88} s ; ttchequer Bills, 255. to 15s. ; India 5 per Cents., 10 31 1041 ; and the Bonds, 153. die, Spanish Securities continue to attract chief at• tention in the Foreign Market, where there is more animation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 ; Consolides, 501 4 ; Mexican, 284 4 ; do. New, 26 4'; Greek, 231 4; Spanish Passive, 3014; do. Certificates, 13a ; and the Confederate Loan, 78 4 794. In the Railway Share Market a firmer tone has Prevailed, and prices generally show an upward tendency. Great Northern A stock, North Western, and South Eastern have each improved I°4 Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton and Midland each 55.; while London, Chatham, and Dover and South Western have each declined 4. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive 'Without any material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dull and prices have remained without change of im portance. Alliance Bank, however, have improved to 614 a; London Engineering Company shares are quoted 1 to 2 prem. ; Maritime Credit, If, Prem.; and Natal Investment, 4 to 1 prem. ~ BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols 1 111 Do Acco un t, A ug . 8 4 Crp Cent. R e d uce d New 3 per Cent BBd I New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — arknuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1903 — M Jue. Ezchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent 2larch. 15n25 ...._ Do £500 ---- '£loo and £2OO °auk England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Do Account.. ilitor tor GOVERNMENT 'ECITRITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 12 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 .... no Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — , Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4/ pet Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... -- Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds 1;1,000 — Do under £l,OOO l5 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . 6, astrian Bonds, .5 per Cent — 4 razilian b per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ~ Do 1863 c uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Übilian 6 per Cent. 0 Do 41 per Cent f ,°l,onabian 6 per Gent — "40a, 5 6 per Cent. Do per Cent, 1864 •Iyador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —. 1 , 4 -)o, Provisonal Land Warrant. "anish 3 per Cent. 1825 -. b Do 5 per Cent, '1864 '''''Optian 7 per Cent.. lO2l Do, Second Issue - °reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Po Coupons — 1.10 Guatemala A ccount.... . , , ` 4ll aterna.la 5 per Cent..., .. 1 , Do 1839 and 1859 i t.alian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 72 4g ozican 3 per Cent .... . 1) 13 Account , Do 1864.. -'-',O French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — "0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French . ... dis -- ' Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial b per Cent - D o Granada .. — Vo 2 per Cent. ''-'0 Defer re d , 4 i. ) ,0 Land Warrants (Hectares) .. — ' 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — lb, Do do Aug., 1866 — ' ertivian 41 per Cent .. .}.),° 3 per Cent. (Cribarren)... — - 1 - , 0 41 per Cent., 1862 b uo Account ' °Milt-nese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account 471 4Litssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Bif Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Vo Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do 'sew Deferred Do Account 431 Do Passive 1 .-).) Account 3l 301 11 311 4 Pat fish Cert. of Coup not funded — 'Jo Account '''fed• ish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm + l lrkish 6 per Cent. 1854 1 - ) 0 Account ,D 0 6 per C en t. 1858 41 .f0 Account 721 ", s o £lOO Bonds kb 6 per Cent. 186 2 .., s 4.'o •Account . . 70 ' u c' £lOO Bonds.. — ,_. 1863 • — D,„ O ( qua, , •anteed, 4 per Cent V enezu 21a 3 per Cynt. ....... ,—. cl Account Do 6 p 3r Cent., 1862 5-7 ° A . c count 13 ° F,c,rip £45 paid ... IPS. lq it die Dividends on the above payable in London 4 'n' --- tz tan, 5 p er C en t., E x. 1 0 Fl or i ns . D g,„ °. Account — Sian 41 per Cent. Ex. 2,5 f — bll t.eb, 21 per Cent., 1:x. 12 Gail 6l! jt?o 4 per Cent. Certificates Vat!, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — p 0 itccount G 6I „,' eite'a Rentes, `!, per Cent..... g'r_ltvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. euntontese, 5, per Cont., Ex. 25f CoBl AS M °n TWCLOCK. i).'o Account u 89 ............... 896 t RE ALBERT INSTITUTE OF DUNDEE. —A meet kof the shar e h o ld ers o f the Albert Instit u t e Com t;,4l was held i n D un d ee on M o nday, for th e p urpose of "P rovi ng t h e p l ans prepared b y M r G eorge Gilb ert Scott 1 , • • the building; M r W. E. Baxter, M.P., in the c h a i r. ' l te report of the di rec t ors re commending the adopti on of 4 ti , 6 Plans h av i ng b een rea d, Si r D av id E. B ax t er move d i ts , 4o Ption, an d i n t h e coarse o f hi s remar k s sta t e d t h at he 1: 48 prepared to give £3,000 and an additional subscription, 4 order to assist in having the building erected according t,:tr Scott's plan, which will involve a greater vist than directors at first contemplated. The motion approving P l ans was unanimously =sled, and it is expected that' "P w owill I N conatuougqd Bhortly. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOII.S. glare; Railways. Paid. t 8.14 .1 at 10 at at 50 20 4.16.4, Bir.. Vol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bott.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwlll Do A A nets no div Do B , till Gp c.p an.has (been paid to B. Dublin g Bcliast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. E dinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. l Great Eastern, Ord. atk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthoi Scotland Great. Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an - IW. of Irelanc Great Westera Do Str Val pa. stock Leneashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th W6tern Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. t shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Dq Carlisle North London Do New 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central (Soot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot 'Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpoo, Shropshire Union South DeTon South Eastern Closing ' t Price. South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton tit Darlington Do , 86 438 126 127 6 7 32 34 16 17 89 91 112 lli 17 48 7 7i 132 13 146 148 131 133 90 92 691 7J 1161 117 66 69 10z (03 40 42 1161 117 98 99 641 (6 1:2 313 136 .136 107 1C 54; 654 254 264 1054 le6 64 66 93 Of Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C ....... • • •• Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.Vi West Midland —O7OOO Do Newport Do Hereford 471 7 1471 1361 7 106 7 1051 84} 931 i 126 129 ' _6 li p 76 78 104 11 125 130 30 41 89 81 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Closing •Shark Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 sk 1 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 101 102 101/ / Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New .. . 8 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 75 5 dis p 201 Buffalo and Laaeliuron all a 54 10 Do. Prete:ram:se ...... all 75 81 too {Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, lsn 100 75 80 £OO Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 75 80 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin' 100 97 93 92 st Cape Town &Dock Scrii 100 94 96 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 102 104 *took East Indian. cru. sp. c. 100 101 /02 1011 20 Do. do. G Ext.... ';0 191 04 20 Do. do. H do. .. 20 191 205 191 stook Grand Trunk of Canada tou 19 2) 19 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 .53 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 67 100 Do. 3d Pr ef. stock ... all 48 St 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 43 15 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... tell 26 28 stook GLlndiarenin.g - ua.sp.o 100 102 103 1021 3 110 Do. New gua. sp. e... 12 par if , Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 95 91 91 NI Do. New .. . . 18 115 11 6 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt.. all 89 01 100 Do. 55 p. a. do. '77-8.... all 82 64 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 d In • stook Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 991 1001 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stook Do. 1.4 d 0..... ... 160 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extenson. 2 -- stook ffelb.Corp. Bp. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 60 62 100 Do. 7p. c. Honig. Bds. all f 0 Newßrurswioka Ganda Class A. and B. N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde .......... (100 1001 1014 1001 ) stock Do. Delhi 1 6.: 100 994 1001 20 Do. do ' 5 , 2 Id par at Do. Putijaub all 91/ 1001 Do. Do. •• , afoot Do. Indus. St. Flo.) klco , 94 96 ,95 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ,can.tioy. p.e.Ja. &Jul) 1877-85 " 100 96 99 Do. Cp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 965 Do. 6p. o.Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 100 D 0.5 p. c. Jan. &J uly. lOC 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 , Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,187 s 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 1(8 110 1091 Do. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 106 108 ICeylon N0v.1878, 6p c 10U 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 1035 3 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 104 107 N.B.Gov. a.&July 100 97 100 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. G OV. 5 p c., 18th 100 96 98 Du. sp. C. , 18t1 to Vif 100 86 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. sterling, 18 75........ 100 99 102 , Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 101 104 !d. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 105 107 - !Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - 'Do. to 6 me- A.D...t00t.. 100 109 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 iiambrian Consol. Gold 1 I 4d ulillord Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Con, ;Tavist ) 1 580 600 EB5 71 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 68 70 -- East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 276 28/ 1 East Camßrea 3.4.0 8 86 .E. W'lltussel (Tavistk , 8.13.0 5 56 Gam.&St.Aub'n(Gwen 581 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 26 2} (I. Wheal Vor (Ileiston 40 27 29 286 Grenville .1.16. ( 7 76 74 tlerod's-Foot ...... 8.12 48 40 381 ['lepton Downs 4.18.0 31 4,; Lady Bertha - Margaret (Cu Lelant .4 8 10 - Illarke Valley.. 4 !.13 , ndy Iron Ore (Litn :, 26 11 New Seton DI 75 85 - • North Downs 3 11 11 N.Wh'l Bassetallo4an 3.1.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 3 3i Par Consols (15.,;t. Blazey; Providence (Uny Leint.) 10.0.7 41 42 Bouth Caradon(St.Cleer, It 480 500 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) - IS-Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 421 471 - Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 - Tamar Silv.& Lead Min — - fin Crott 9 18 19 19 West Basset (Illogan) ll 9 10 • W Cr radon (Liszeard) 9 22 14 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 56 92 25 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 20 25 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal Seton 5Bl 210 215 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 - Wheal Union 4 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref.,: 111(1 .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133 North'Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 90 . 1 North Staffordshire, 22 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pf., Ditto, 5 pa cent pf., 61 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco tihn.) gua. 7 per cent,, 151 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's aim.), Ditto, issued at 30 pm., of which 15 is pd., 40 Albion, 5h f: Alliance itim.). 614 Bank of British Columbia, 104 Bank of Egypt,:27sll Bank of London. 165 44 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chink 37 Continental, Um., 161 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 204 imperial Bank (lim.). 35} Imperial Hank of Ohina, India,:and Japan, Um., 64 Imperial Ottoman, 17 London and 1% estminster, 97 Merchant Bank, Urn , 28 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 25} ricinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 124 South E , stern, lim., 10 Union of L0nd0n,,514 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., glish and Australian Copper, I/ Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 61 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 7 II Humber Iron Works, 21 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 8: ' Joint Stock Discount, lira., 61 7 London Financial Association, lira., 21/ Smith, Knight, and Co., lira., 5/ Course of Exchau.ge,—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1, Antwerp _ • 25 675 26 725 Brussels — 13 25 675 25 725 Haruburgh Paris .. . Ditto Marseilles . — 25 65 25 72 3 / 4 Frankfort on Maine —, 1205 1205 Vienna T ries t o Petersburgh — 305 30 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples .. Palermo Messina Lisboa . . 471 471 474. 48b 25 75 26 82/ 25 77/ 25 82/ 257 ! 25 82i 25 771 25 821 25 77/ 25 82/ 25 77/ 25 82 / 51,1 611 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINO; LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFF'S COURT. THE COMPENSATION MANIA.,-SINGCLAH POINT IN LAW OF EJECTMENT,-MEA.COCK N. MOKLEIti This was a writ of ejectment in which the plaintiff sought to recover possession of certain premises, Mr Kemp (instructed by Mr T. Beard) appearing for defendant. Plaintiff formally proved that defendant had been a tenant paying a weekly rental, and that due notice to quit had been given, Mr Kemp inquired if there had not been an agreement ? Plaintiff--Yes, but it has expired. His Honour directed plaintiff to produce it, and it was found to be unstamped, but the terms were a letting for a twelvemonth, the rent to be paid weekly, and plaintiff said there was no other agreement in existence. Mr Kemp then urged that if defendant had occupied under this agreement and continued occupation without any the ter ms o f th e present t en a nc y must fustbrethgeor emu ve a rn g e re db;th t e previous contract. HisHonour said that the agreement was uustamped, and he could not look at it, but he was inclined to think that whore the rent was paid weekly the usual notice would be sufficient. Mr Kemp was anxious to have a case for the Court above. The point was of importance and might affect the rights of defendant. It would seem that these premises were required by the corporation, and they only wanted to get defendant out in order to get fuller compensation for him self. His. Honour considered that if defendant was allowed to remain he would probably receive bat small compensation as a tenant under a tenant. Mr Kemp urged that defendant would get something, and therefore ought to have the full 7enefit of the law. Plaintiff said that the corporation :lad settled with him, and he should not be benefited at all in that quarter by de fendant's turning out. If the rent wasguaranteed defendant could remain. Defendant said that he had offereu the rent [Plaintiff— After this action], and that plaintiff lad distrained exces sively, for which an action had Wen brought. defendant to stamp the agreement if n ecessar y. His Honour ultimately allowed th e case to stand over for POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO CAB DitivEns.--YN. Henry Jay, pro prietor and driver of cab 11,684, appeared before Mr Tyr. Whitt to answer two complaints made by Mr Bernardo Goldshede, of Oakley-square, Cam den - town—the first of unlawfully refusing to carry him, and the second of ne glecting to deliver a ticket when required to do so. Mr E, Dillon Lewis, from the office of Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared f or t h e complainant; and a solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de fendant. It appears that Mr Goldshede, who is suffering from lameness and walks with a stick, got into the defendant's cab at Oakley-square, Camden-town, and told him to drive to Chelsea. The defendant proceeded on his journey, and when near Bruton-street Mr Goldshede requested him to drive faster. This defendant did for a sho r t di stance; b ut on Mr Goldshede finding the defendant w as go i ng ou t o f then pull e t u p i n 9 Mr G o ld s h e d e any hisway, and wi w th as hi n m. not proceeding eedingb3' the di rec t rou t e, h e expostulated defendant ) and thro ug h th e d e - Bruton-street, further,t on - s e t n r e d e t hr , r and Goldshederefused wasto c ar r obliged to walk to Picca dillyfendabneefsorceonhdeuceotunldeagrleyt a lo n e o t th an imercapbettant engagement. After hearing the defendant's solicitor, Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 20s. and costs for re fusing to carry Mr Goldshede. .. . The complaint of not giving a ticket Was then gone into, and it appeared that when the defendant refused to carry Mr Geldehede any farther Mr Goldsltede asked him for a ticket, which for some time he refused, but subsequently gave one which did not tally with the tab number. The defendant's solicitors explained that the defendant was the proprietor of other cabs, and had by mistake brought another of his cabs. bound to have the out b i t r h T e ytircwkehtisttbseaairdintghethdeefnenudmabnetr was proper tickets, but as the one given had found him, he would only fine him ss, and costs. 67 59 85 17 88i 881 101 103 7 8 37} 38} 10i 114 i 13 - 8 p 165 170 6 7 I 3 k ( 101 103 34 36 Busines€ done. 69} 70) 117 ) 102) ) 401 1 Doi 17 16) P 8 66) Tann lll,lllllr HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August 23. The Queen drove out in the morning of yester day, and again in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. On Thursday the Prince and Princess of 'Wales went deo-stalking in the Glen of Gelden, above Balmoral, and was succassful in bringing down two very fine stags. Lord Hamilton and Major Tees dale went grouse shooting, and had excellent sport. At two o'clock they had only bagged 11 brace, but before they came home in the evening they had killed 55 brace, 4 brace of hares, and a snipe. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Mary of Cambridge, drove to the Falls of Guarawalt, by Balmoral, took luncheon at the falls, and drove from thence round by Invercauld, and returned home by the road north of the river Dee. In the evening the deer were shown to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Sze., by the usual way—the torchlight—Peter Robertson playing the pipes, when four of the stal wart ghillies, each with a torch, tripped the light fantastic toe, the prince, Lord Hamilton, Major Teesdale, and others heartily joining in. The prince and Major Teesdale wore kilts. His royal high ness looked remarkably well, and seemed to gratify the people by his appearance outside amon gs t th em . ' _ _ On Friday the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite remained at home, with the exception of a ride out in the atternoon. A. ball took place in the evening, and invitations were issued on a very ex tensive scale. There were, besides the ladies and gentlemen of the prince's suite, Colonel Farquhar son of Invercanld, Lieutenant Phipps and the Hon. Albert Phipps, Dr. Robertson, Mr. J. Begg, Lochs auger, and party, besides many of the tenantry on the estate of Balmoral and Abergeldie. The music was conducted by the Messrs. Blair and Thomson. Peter Robinson having opened the ball with a spring on the pipes, the dancing was kept up with strathspey, reel, country dance and jigs until a late hour in the morning; the Prince and Princess of Wales, as also the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the other members of the royal party joining heartily in the enjoyments. The prince, with his usual grace and condescension, mingled freely with the company, and danced frequently with his own servants, choosing his partners from amongst them. The whole proceedings went off with spirit, and to the satisfaction of all present.—Dundee Advertiser. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and sons are not expected to return to Bowood-park from Ire land before the middle of next month. The Marquis and Marchiouess of Drogheda, according to letters received in town yesterday, were on a cruise in the Mediterranean, and had just arrived at Malta from Algiers. They proceeded to Algiers direct from Queenstown. _ _ The Earl of Listowell was to leave his seat in Ireland in the early part of this week for a tour of visits. The Earl of Powis and the Hon. Robert C. Her. bert hive arrived at his to►dship's shooting-box at Llymyn stun from Powis Castle, and have hitherto had excellent sport at grouse shooting. The Rid and Countess De Grey, accompanisd by the youthful Viscount Goderich, purpose to leave Carlton Garibns to-day for their seat Studley Royal, near Ripon, where the noble lord will pass a few weeks for relaxation from official labour. The Countess Poulett has left her residence in Hanover-square for Raby Castle, where her ladyship will remain on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. The Count and Countess Einsiedel and family have arrived at Long's Hotel. Viscount Palmerston, accompanied by the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P,, left town yesterday for Tiverton. Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge House yesterday for Brackett Hall, Herts. Couct Maffei has returned to town from visiting the Earl and Countess Russell at Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Dake of Bedford. By the express command of her Majesty, Lady Lyndhurst has had a residence assigned to her for life at Hampton Court Palace. Lord Polwarth is at present residing at Mertoun House. St. Bozwell's, Roxburghshire. Lord and Lady Binning and family are now residing at Mellerstain House, Kelso. Tremendous Conflagration at Houton. This (Wednesday) morning, about 3 o'clock, the inhaN tants of Hoxton-square were aroused from their slumbers by a loud cry of fire and the springing of policemen's rattles. In the course of a few minutes it was ascertained that the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr J. Austin, patent line manufacturer, forming 1 and 2, George's Buildings, and 14, Hoxton-square, were in flames. The Royal Society's escapes and the engines of the parish, with those of the London Brigade and three of Shand and Mason's land steamers, were quickly in attendence ; but the flames had previously obtained too firm a hold to be easily extinguished, and in less than half an hour from the time the discovery was made, two warehouses in George's buildings, and one in Hoxton-square, three storeys high, 90 feet long, and 42 feet wide, presented a general mass of flame. Great fears wets thou apprehended for the safety of the premises belonging to Mr G. Sinip son, fancy box maker, No. 15, Hoxton-square, as well as those of G. Morris, No.lo, Royal Oak•watk, Pitfirld-street, the sides and windows being already on fire. Under the direction of Mr Bridges, the foreman of the A district, and a powerful body of officers and firemen, the engines were set to work from anabundanee of the New River Company's water:; but in spite of the three land steamers throwing each from 200 to 250 gallons of water per minute, at a working pressure of 80 to 100 lbs. on the square inch, the fire at QM time threatened to annihilate every building near. The next and important thing sought to be accomplished by the brigade was to prevent the flames from consuming the surrounding property, and for that purpose the hose from the land steamers were so stretched but that the flames could be attacked at the four points, and that expedient was happily crowned with suc cess, but the main body of flame in the three spacious warehouses continued to rise high into the air, aud, although daybreak, the reflection could be seen from the Metropolitan bridge, whilst showers of sparks and large pieces of burn ing materials were drifted by the high wind over the entire district. By strenuous exertions on the part of the firemen the flames began to succumb and palpably diminish, and after the lapse of three hours they were extinguished. The total damage must be considerable fur the three warehouses before attended to were all but destroyed, and the ground floor of another one in the rear, but all communicating were consumed. The premises of Mr Simpson and Mr Morris are also damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire, or whether the property was insured or not, could not be ascertained. THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.—The Uni versity Library, Sydney, has been enriched by a present from the Queen. The Governor received by the mail a copy of the collected speeches of the Prince Consort, with an autograph from the Queen dedicating it to the Univer sity. His Excellency delivered this precious gift in person on the lst of Jane. The Senate resolved, "That an address to her Majesty, expressive of their gratitude, should be pre pared by the Vice-Chancellor." The volume is bound in white vellum and gold, and stamped with the crest, motto, and name of the Prince Consort. In the first page are the following words written in the Queen's own hand :—" Pre sented to the Sydney University Library, in memory of her great and good husband, by his broken-hearted widow. Victoria R. 1861." The book is to be preserved as a Royal gift, in a box of oak and lined with purple velvet. CRYSTAL PALACE. —FORESTERS' FETE. The capabilities of the Crystal Palace were never more severely tested than yesterday. The great day of the Foresters usually attracts from 60,000 to 80,000 persons. As may be supposed, the exceedingly unfavourable weather yesterday (it rained heavily from daylight till nearly 4 p.m.) deterred many thousand persona from being present. Not withstanding this drawback, however, upwards of 46,000 persons visited the Palace, and as nearly the whole of those were congregated within the building it may be imagined that it required occasionally careful management to contro such a mass of persons. The weather was far too stormy to permit Mr Coxwell making his promised balloon ascent. To accommodate the many thousands of visitors who had purchased tickets beforehand, and were unable to make use of them yesterday, the directors of the Crystal Palace and the Crystal Palace Committee of the London United Dis trict of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and the Brighton Railway Company, have concurred in allowing Foresters' tickets for yesterday being available on Monday next, the 29th August, on which day the fete of the London Gym nastic Society, the French excursion, Mr Coxwell's balloon ascent, and other entertainments will also take place. MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS.—We hear that Mr. Justice Williams still continues seriously ill at Exeter. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ON WOMEN.—Accord• ing to an official document lately printed, there were last year 13,147 asssults on women committed in England and Wales, for which the parties were charged before the magis trates. WESTMINSTER, POVERTY AND CRIME.—Mary Gositney, a middle-aged woman of creditable appearance, was charged with begging. Sergeant Hornblow, 4 B, said that at 5 o'clock yesterday evening he saw the defendant in &deem. square. She begged of a gentleman. She asked him to relieve her as she was in great distress. She followed and asked him again. She had soma fusses in her lssnd. Witness fol lowed her into High-street, where she diet another gentle man, and accosted him, and he gave bet a halfpenny. She then followed two other gentlemen, when witness took her into custody. The defendant said she was not a beggar, a fact which the magistrate might satisfy himself of by inquiry of her landlord, who was in attendance. Her husband was a cos termonger, but, having caught a severe cold five weeks ago, was affected with so severe a hoarseness that he was unable at present to obtain a living in the streets In order to support her husband and little family of children she had done different little jobs of needlework, and failing to pro cure further employment, thought it better to buy some matches and sell in the street than starve, and that was all she was doing. Mr Arnold—The officer says you were begging; you were following different gentlemen. Defendant—To sell my matches. Nr Arnold—The officer says not; you asked a gentle man to felieve you. Mr Arnold — lf y o u followed and importuned persons to yourbuDy°felld matchesaiul--BY b ut:tin: any mat c h es , I meant. they gave you a penny to get rid of you, it would be begging in another form. Let me hear your landlord. Thomas Noke, the landlord, said the defendant had done needle-work as described, her husband being so hoarse that he could not hawk his goods. Mr Arnold—What has his hoarseness to do with his hawking his goods ? Witness —He can't holla out, and therefore it's no good his having goods to sell in the street ; and so she's obliged to do the best she can. She male some little things for my wife lase week to pay her rent. Mr. Arnold said that as defendant did not appear to be a regular beggar he should discharge her, which he did with a caution. I'HA.bIES. THE LADIES' CLUB.—Mrs Catherine brio, of No. 5, r t, .N V Bt h a i t t e ec hliearp as e l, a mem wr. The ttead n a Three - m ill-lane, Bromley, came before iJr Paget this mor ning and asked him for a vairant against Mary Ann Condon, the secre tar y of t he the " Star of the East Total A b st i nen ce Sisters of Progress, Tent N o . 2," held at Union ge, for refusing to pay her 30s i o s t and was a momber of th e soc i e ty, which con g women, any Was excluded on very insuf ficient grounds. Mr Paget ordered the secretary to reinstate her, or pay her 30s and 2s costs. in default Mrs Condon was to be imprisoned seven days i n the Hellee of Correc tion. Mrs Jones now stated that the sbcretary would not pay the money or reinstate her as a "sister,' but was very i nso l e nt and obstinate, and said s h e would nu't obey the magistrate's order , b ut would g o to prison fir seN: e n days. There had been a good deal of litigati on i n the society; and other members had been excluded at the caprice of tL:e secretary. Mr Paget said the law would be too strong for Mrs Condon. He directed a minute of the order to be served on the secretary, and if it was not obeyed a warrant would issue. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON Docu..--Jacob Amer, an elderly man, was brought befere Ilr Paget, charged with stealing llb of raw coffee. The prisoner is a labourer, and in the employ of the London Dock Company for 17 years, He was coming out of the dock yesterday aft ernoon with the other labourers, raw coffee W as found in the Coffee, and he said he picked it up on the floor where he was e mployee He Was asked by prisoner,epet, said he had really hisa then d c , g a o ap n t e by y e e ei Francis g e r w o o o h n r ce the e ne d i idp , eu saa part . :tboatfagi pound tnahet eed o k t e ' ~ Mr S odclart, found the coffee as represented, and made an appeal for mercy on the ground of the prisoner's long ._ services and the trifling value of the property. for mercy he Mr Paget said value was not the test. It was necessary that property to which hundreds daily h a d acoest should be the prisoner to one protected. No cases anxiety ald distress than these wretehed little robberies committed by dock gave him greater s la h b o o u u ld re e rs n . cou l r f a h ise e twhaefst.to app eals alisetesnentteonced month's imprisonment and hard labour, Two MEN DROWNED IN TIIE SEVE2N.—On Sunday evening, William Ryan, nailer, and John Williams, aged 18, were gathering nuts from the bu,ihes which overhang th e banks of the Seven, near to Shrewsbury, for which purpo se t hey got into a cor ac le, a fjpeia kind of sma.l tub-shaped boa t u sed by Eged 45. .uers, and very difficult to manage. For some time they navigated the coracle safely, but one of the men was seen to grasp sud denly at a bush v, hich was thickly covered with cuts, and the sudden jerk overbalanced the frail cratt, and . mth meu were immersed in the water. On coming to the strface one was seen to aeizs hold of the other, when they loth sank and rose no more. The bodies were soon recovered Ryan has left a wife and six children, and Williams is the third member of his family who has met a violent death Y. A 01ment of Lice.—WhenE sEuTrthMENebiro.o]d—iHs pure,ollow aiyts'scirPciulllsa.t—ionEnpie• and the nerves in good order, we are well. These pills p u „ es „ marvellous power in securing these great secrets o' health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening the Lids and solids. Holloway's pills can be confidently recommended to all persona suffering from disordered digestion,orworried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the Lotion of ,he liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperietts. The weak and delicate take them without fear. H)lloway's pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of irritable con stitution, as they raise the action of every organ to its natu ral standard, and universally exercise a calming aad soda , ,ive, influence. AUGUST 24, 1864. DISTURBANCES IN GENEVA, BERNE, AUGUST 23. Disturbances have broken out in Geneva, barri cades have been erected and blood shed. The Government of the Canton, being unable to re-establish order, called for Federal intervention, The Federal Council thereupon sent M. Fornerod as special commissioner to the scene of the out break. He has entered Geneva with a battalion of militia. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, AUG. 23. Bth Regiment of Hussars—Cornet William Henry Field to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Lieut. Edward Pulleyne, who has exchanged into the 18th Hussars. 12th Lancers—The Hon. Edward Ignatius Joseph Arun• dell to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Mundy Dowdeswell, promoted. 14th Huszars—Lieut. Henry Bradley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Mather, who retires—Cornet Francis Shirl. y Russell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bradley—Thomas Allen Henry, Cent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Russell. 21st Hussars—Captain Edmund Armitage Hardy, on ap pointment in the Gazette of the 30th September, 1862, should have been described as a Brevet-Major. Military Train—Captain John Smith, from half-pay late Land Transport Ccrps, to be Captain, vice Charles Tur ville Wilson, who retires upon temporary half-pay. Coldstream Guards—Caledon James Alexander, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Napier M'Murdo, who retires. 10th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Arthur William King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Henry Stace, who retires—Ensign Edwin Redding, from the 31st Foot, to be Enslgn, vice Osborne, who exchanges— Eu.stace Beaumont Burnaby, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice King. 14th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Gerald James Paterson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Lingwood, transferred to the 16th Foot. 15th Foot—Lieutenant John Hely, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Moore, who exchanges—Ensign Henry Evan Pateshall Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Adams, who retires Simon Anthony Dodd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas. 16th Foot—Ensign Alfred Pole Lingwood, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walter Henry Christie, trans ferred to the 106th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alexander John Darby, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice George Griffiths, pro- motea, 7th Foot—Ensign William Lonsdale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander McNeil. Caird, who retires— James Douglas Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, by put- chase, vice tonsdalo. 24th Foot—Richard Rye Corcor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Harris, transferred to the 66th i'uot. 26th Foot--Frederick Samuel Alexander, Gent., to be En- sign, ny purchase, vice William Everett, transferred to the 33d Foot. 31st Foot—Ensign John Spencer Follett Osborne, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Redding, who ex changes. 33d Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Buxton Martin Kenrick, who retires— Ensign Francis Wilmot to be Lieutenant, by purcbase, vice Campbell—Ensign William Everett, from the 26th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wilmot. 37th Foot—Ensign Richard Henry Rosser to be Lieuten , ant, by purchase, vice Robert Anderson, who retires— Gentleman Cadet William Charles Goslin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rosser. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Walker to be Captain, without purchase, vice George William Frederick Snell, deceased—Ensign John Smyth Nelson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Walker. 41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Richard Bate, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Augustus Grimble, who retires. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Benjamin Coles Speke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Fuller Sandwith, who retires—Ensign Alexander Knox Malcolmson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v;ce Speke—Henry Horatio Newman, delat,; to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mal- colmson. 62d Foot—Ensign Walter Andrew Corbett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Joshua Rowan, who retires— Gentleman Cadet' Henry James Ferris, from the Royal Military-College, to be Ensign, by puralase,vice Corbett. 63d Foot—Lieut. William Grogan Graves to be Captain, by purchase, vice:Lloyd Henry Thomas, who retires—Ensign Morris Charles Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Graves—Richard Carr Francis Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith. 66th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Trevelyan Hody Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Hugh Irwin Day, who retires —Ensign Thomas Kelly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox —Ensign Thomas Harris, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kelly. 76th Foot—Lieut. Edmund Austin to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut, John M'Derraid Allardice, who has resiir;ed the appointment. 84th Foot—Ensign Walter Selby Cookson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Frank Wheatley, who retires; the Hon. Beauchamp Moubray St. Joan to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cookson. With Foot—Lieutenant Charles Alexander Moore, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rely, who exchanges. 98th Foot—;Quartermaster Alexander McGregor, from half- pay late Depot Bmtalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Wil liam Walsh, who retires upon halt-pay. )oth Foot—Lieutenant George Upton Prior to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas John Francis, promoted to an Unattached Majority, by purchase; Ensign George Pep per Lowry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prior; Albert Merritt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lowry. _. , 101st Foot—Lieutenant Francis David 111i!lett Brown to be Captain, vice Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires on pension; Ensign Reginald Hewes Ailott Quinet to be Lieutenant, vice Brown. 106th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Redfearn Burnett to be Captain, vice George Washington Wilmot, deceased; Ensign Arthur Percival Hancock to he Lieutenant, vice Burnett; Ensign Walter Henry Christie, Irt m the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hancock. 107th Foot—Frederic George Furlong Moore, Gent., late Lieutenant Sth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice P. 13. Gibson, deceased—Lieutenant Malcolm 111'Neill Rind to be In structor of Musketry. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Wm. Henry Deedes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart S. Windham, who retires— Ensign the Hon. Charles North to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Deedes—Lord George Francis Hamilton to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. Chas. North. 2d West India Regiment—Terence Michael Dolan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beaufort H. Vidal, pro moted. sth West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas Storrar Smith to be Lieutenant, without purchase. BREVET. The honorary rank of Lieut. Colonel conferred on Capt. and Bi evet Major G. J. Stephen, Bengal Infantry, in the Gazette of April 27, 1860, has been cancelled, that cfficer not having retired on full pay, . . _ Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, John Nowlan, 50th Foot, to have the honorary rank of ajor. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Thomas Smith, 37th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Capt. Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires trom the 101st Foot, on pension, to have the honorary rank of Major. The following promotions to take place, consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir John Rowland Ells• tace, on the 7th August, 1864, and of General Sir James Henry Reynett, K.C,8., Colonel of the 48th Foot, on the 9th August, 1864 : Lieutenant-General Sir James Frederick Love, K.C.8., Colonel of the 57th Foot, to be General. Major General Henry Dive Townahend, Colonel of the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant General. Major-General Thomas Wright, C. 8., Colonel of the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel John Maxwell Perceval, C. 8., from Lieutenant - Colonel, half-pay, late 12th Foot, to be Major- General. Brevet-Colonel Henry William Stisted, C. 8., from Lieu tenant -Colonel 93d Foot, to be Major-General. l‘lajor George Harrington Hawes, 9th Foot, to be Lieu tenant -Colonel. Major Frederick George Thomas Deshon, Depot Bata lion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charkes Neville Lovell, Royal Artillery, to be M a jor. C a ptain Charles Van Notten Pole, Cape Mounted Rifle men, to be Major. The undermentioned Officers having completed the qua lify ing service in tho rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; to be under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th 1858 : October, Lieut.-Ocionel P rysdale, C. 8., Lancers. Lieut.-Colonel John diehard Anderson, 0.13„ Royal Artillery. The u ndermentl oned promotions to take place in her Majesty's Indian Forces, consequent on the death of Lieut. General Hugh Ross, of the Madras Infantry, on the 24th June, 1864 : Maja-General Joseph Gamault, Madras Infantry, t o b e Li e utenant -General. Colonel John Welohman, C,8., Bengal Infantry, to b e Majar-Gdneral. The u ndermentioned officers who have retired upon full Payto have a step of honorary ran G k, as follows : Lieut.-Colonel Michie Forbes ordon, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Colonel. Li e utenant -Colonel Alaric Robertson, Madras Staff Corps, to be Colonel. tslajor Edward M'Cullock, Bombay Infantry, to be Lieu tenet, t -Colonel. inajo: Archibald Hamilton Campbell, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. sjor h, Tanners Randolph Nightingale, Bengal Staff Corps, to be 1, ieutenant- Colonel. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals William Thom son, Bengal EsCablishment, to be Inspector General of Hospitals. Surgeon-Major Vtomas Watkins Wilson, Bengal Estab lishnient, to be Depu.;-Inspector-General of Hospitals. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 22. Mr Joseph Mears has Ix'en this day appointed au engi peer qualified for special chart:e. BANKRUFTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Tubby, oilman, Islington William Ramsey, jeweller, Clerkenwell William Parry, tile merchant, Deptford Th'lnas Merrett, grocer, Aldershot Joseph Potter, whc3lwright, Worcester William Ellwood, butcher, Silloth Hugh Main Miller, commission agent, St Mary-at-Hill Thomas Field, general dealer, Broad-court, Clerkenwell Charles W. Nicholls, ale brewer, Manchester Enos Brown, grocer, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire James Hill, Nailsea, Somersetahire Charles Howell, slate dealer, Liverpool William Pritchard, builder, Everton, Lancashire William Evans, perambulator frame makers, Birmingham Richard Kemsley, fruiterer, Borden, Sittingbourne George B Lloyd, attorney's clerk, Pluinstead William Beach. farmer, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire John Woolacott, draper, Barnstaple William Jones, victualler, Carmarthen William Baker, clerk, Croydon Charles Warburton, clerk, Marlborough-road BANKRUPCY ANNULLED. Thomas M.Hu g hes, gentleman. Shrewsbury SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Forrest and Co., brewers, - Dunbar Wur Lyon, farmer, Qi4ioxel, Peterculter AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. (Front the Special Correspondent of the times,) HAMBURG, Aug. 21. There are great rejoicings in Germany about the, forthcoming interview between the King of Prussia. and the Emperor of Austria. "The visit of they King of Prussia to Vienna," say the papers, " is an' event of the highest significance, as setting forth the glorious results of the union between the two Powers, and as strengthening the conviction, which ' is rapidly gaining ground everywhere, even in Prussia, that this union constitutes the most solid security for the peace of Europe and for the inde pendence of Germany." I have never forgotten the shrewd remark of an old French diplomatist at Frankfort, at the time that Austrian and Prussian battalions were on the very point of turning their bayonets against each other's breasts at the cluso of the convulsions of 1848. "Do hot iet all the din of arms disturb you," h e said, "it is as impossible for Austria and Prussia ever seriously to fail out as to come to a real cordial understanding. Their mutual jealousy is too strong for friendship, but their fear is too great for enmity." The position of 1848 is not materially altered in 1864. Then as now Prussia was as near the attain ment of absolute supremacy, or at least political leadership (hegemonie), in Germany as circumstances could ever bring tier. Then as now she quailed be fore extreme measures which could bring her into collision with Austria, and sued for that entente cordiale with the emulous Power which alone can "give Germany union and independence." If a rendezvous between the two Sovereigns or a conversation between the two Ministers can lead to any plausible settlement ot the Schleswig-Holstein business, but little, if any, opposition need be ap prehended on the part either of the Bund or of the minor Powers, either of the people of the Duchies, or of the German nation at large. It does not seem likely that, with the consent of Austria, Prussia can work out her intent of en absolute and immediate annexation of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg to her monarchy. M. de Bismark must have seen the impracticability of that undertaking, and must be ready to abandon it. We shall therefore, in all probability, have the thirty-seventh German State a new member of the Confederacy, consisting not only of Holstein and Lauenburg, which already belonged to it, but also of Schleswig, which must be embodied with it by virtue of the "in dissoluble bond which makes it one with Hol stein." By relinquishing her holm of ter ritorial acquisition, Prussia will all the more strenuously insist upon the extension of her pro tectorate over the helpless new Duchy; she will retain all its military and naval power in her hands, and she will so far exercise the high police over the new community as to prevent its becoming the focus of German discontent, the trysting place of all plotters and adventurers. Only in this sense can we interpret the assurance given by semi-official organs that the intervtew between the two Monarchs of Prussia and Austria will secure "the peace of Europe and the indepen dence of Germany." I believe the saying of. my French friend may be in so far modified, that these two Powers can never be cordially united, except for some evil purpose. They were tolerably unani mous in February last, when they conspired to gether to the spoliation of an inoffensive neighbour ; but their object was then not so much to strip Den mark of two or three of her provinces, as to place themselves at the head of the great national move ment in Germany, whose aspirations were centred in Sehleswig•Holstein, and so to gain the mastery over it as completely to frustrate and crush it. Thanks to the daring and cunning of the Austrc- Prussian statesmen, and especially of M. von Bis mark, the plan has thriven beyond their most sanguine expectations. Austria and Prussia are masters of the situation, and so long as they keep together there is an end not only of the Bund and the minor States, but also of the national aspirations of the unity of the great Fatherland. There is no doubt but Austria and Prussia (more especially the latter) have well divined the ten dencies of public opinion in this country ; they have known how to stoop to conquer it; they have by turns humoured it and snubbed it, so as finally to stultify and nullify it. When al.l has been said that may be said it is difficult to know what the German people really want ; difficult for the Germans themselves even more than for anybody else. Both the Italian and the German nations aspired to unity but in Italy unity was a pri mary condition of independent existence. That country was striving to shake off th© yoke of a preponderant foreign Power ; all her combined efforts were ecarely sufficient to gain her the mastery over her destinies, and to maintain it: But Germany, although not altogether safe from invasion, has never been permanently subjected to foreign occupation. Perfectly secure from abroad, she is thoroughly at liberty to settle her internal concerns at her own pleasure. Her sovereigns are only strong by the consent of the people. They are utterly at the mercy of popular opinion. What. ever Germany really wills is not to be withstood either by Austria or Prussia, by the minor kinglets and princes, or by the Bund ; it is not to be gain said by Europe. Somehow, one would feel incline to think that, as Germany is not, like Italy, in a condition to live by unity, so she has no real inclination, no settled wish for it. A Gothic minster, or a quaint mediaeval town hall with many gables, turrets, and pinnacles, would seem to be an edifice more in unison with the German mind, more in keeping with a German sky and land, than a symmetrical Grecian temple or a Palladian palace. Look wherever you list, you find in Germany a strong conservative veneration for whatever is; a most praiseworthy dread of levelling innovation; a hankering tenderness, also, for all that is individual, municipal, and local. 1 am somewhat convinced that whatever amount of unity the German people deemed to be good for themselves was never, could never be permanently withheld from them. So far as the Germans them selves have been willing to go, their Governments have invariably been fain to follow. But a love for the quaint, the grotesque, and the brusque seems to be innate in the German mind. What tyrant force or sovereign caprice, for instance, cons spires to keep up half-a-score of ' post-offices in these Free Cities of Hamburg and Lubeck P When ever you wish to send a letter or a telegram, you must know whether you should apply at the Hano verian, the Swedish, the Danish, the Prussian, the Thurn, and Taxis, or any other office. All these postal establishments are in separate locali ties, keep different hours, and have a variety of special regulations; a stranger is easily distracted among them all : but to the merchants and bur gesses of these towns the arrangement seems the most natural and plausible in the world. Again, look at their currency ! Surely all this medley of Prussian thaler and reichsthaler, these courant marks and bank marks, these real coins, nominal coins, and ideal coins, this prodigious variety of fractions and multiples, are not the offspring of ruthless ab solutism. It is not in Austria or in Prussia that a handful of money presents the most puzzling va riety of shillings, groschen, silbergroschen, kreutzar, pfennig, &c., such a mixture of dirty, smooth-worn, undecipherable, neither silver nor copper pieces. It is in these free towns especially that the imps from the mints of all ages and countries keep their perpetual sabbath. A luckless traveller is bewil dered by the change till he chooses to be fleeced rather than plagued; but the natives find it all well as it is; and if you ask when Germany is going to establish a unity of coinage Sun are answered by the rogue who chuckled at your perplexity and profited by it, "Ali when, indeed!" Such unity as the majority of the Germans deemed conducive to their advantag e the y know how to ask for. They never rested till they obtained it. There is a custom league which secures an almost complete free commercial intercourse between all the States, with only two exceptions—Austria, who teems now bent to bring herself and all her non-Ger man provinces into the union, and these Hanseatic c i t i e s. It is especially in these " free" towns that all attempts at German unification are most strenu ously resisted. Talk to a Hamburger about the reasonableness of foregoing the advantages of his Porto-Franco for tke common good of German trading unity, and hc , will answer that the entrance of his city into the Zoilverein would bring about the total ruin of his F reys t aat. There was a ti n 3,„ in which, whether obeying a spontaneous nation, or yielding t o p opular pressure, the chief German Government s com bi ned to bring about such a social order as wou ld g i ve the country all the mental and material advantages of a compact corn. munity. The establishment of a common copy.' right provided not only for literary unity, but also for an almost absolute freedom of the press, inasmuch as the publications that were tillowed in any single State practically acquired the right of unimpeded circulation throughout all the others. This literary league ought easily t o have led to a united system of education ; t at the local restraints against the free exercise of lecrned and liberal prof(sBions is so great that, r‘ii instance, a Prussian cannot he graduated at or Bonn, unless he has studied at least for t . wo years in one of these universities; a Saxon rr.ust eat his two years' term at Leipsic, &c. Those 6 tates who have no academical institutions of their o wn, as, for instance, the city of Lubeck, must come to some arrangement with one of their neigh., hours ; but, even in that case, the dread of assimi lation of rights and interests is so great, that a Lubecker Who studies at Berlin is not admitted to the free exercise of his profession in any part of Prussia, but is only graduated for Lubeck. No one will tell me that these inconveniences could not be done away with on the slightest inti ydesmeruibche melon to that effect by the sound p a rt o f t h e o h e n d t a o t u a t n such s tr n P ig ee e U r 1 ia presumer t l fl i a n r g el v t o e r population of th e different States ; but the men o y flora as evils. They t e l l you th at the beauty, as well as the happiness of Germany, consists in the utmost development given to all local talents and energies by separate institutions; the y ready to denounce the evils of central are always isation, and point to England or France as instances of countries where a great centre like London or Paris absorbs all intellectual light no less than all material prosperity, leaving all the circumference in darkness and misery. There may be som e truth in what they urge, and there were m en in Italy who equally trembled for the fate of such minor centres as Florence, Parma, Bologna, Naples, &c,, when the project of establishing the seat of government for the whole Peninsula at Turin or Rome was first entertained. But, in the first place, it is true union or even unity is alto gether incompatible with decentralization ; it is not true that in England the capital has so utterly killed ,he provinces as it has in France ; neither is it quite rue that in Italy local well-being has been or will be sacrificed to the general welfare; but, were it even so, it would always be a elioiee between two evils, and little would it profit the people of this country to have achieved the ruin of Denmark if they are so far as yet from obtaining a victory over them selves, over their narrow local predilections; if the real object nearest to their heart was and is not to create one Germany, but to add more to the six, and - thirty Germanies already in existence. The unity to which the Germans aro said to aspire has been hitherto powerful enough for the injury of their neighbours, but it remains to be proved whether, even in their own judgment, it can work out any real good for themselves. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.-..This Day, YORK RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) FILLY SAPLING STAKES. Siberia ••• Pbysalia fitly Brioche 3 Four ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 100 to 30 aget Welcome (taken) 100 to 30 agst East Lancashire (taken) 11 to 2 agst Raglan (taken) 100 to 15 agst Highflyer's claw colt (taken) 12 to 1 agst Muulsey (taken) 12 to 1 agst Clown (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. AITGUST. York August .):.;. Ply►nouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter ..., 30 Stockton 3O Derby Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September.... 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester 8 Doncaster Bedford .. 4 Edinburgh and Lothians Club. .. 5 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 NOTE, Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRISH. SEPTEMRER. :MBEN. SEFT OCT, Brecon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn .• 23 NewmarketFirst October 27 'OBER, Lincoln Kelso .... Gloucester Newmarket How; on 2l :MBER. Leamington &War. Haut 22 Currsgh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 24. Wind at noon, NAV., strong breeze, and cloudy. CLYDE, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Cuban, from Matanzas. Sailed—Marchmont, for Quebec. SHIELDS, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Mar, from Boston— Adolphus, from Bilboa. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning, Arrived, Aug. 23—Omar Pasha, from Kragoe. Arrived, Aug. 24—Gebroeders Visser, from Amsterdam. Sailed, Aug. 24—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk-- Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Murillo, screw steamer, from Seville Latona, screw steamer, from Palermo—Helton Chaytor, screw steamer, from the West—all for London—Ballarat, from London, for Wellington. Anchored—Pelham, from the West for the North. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 21 per mille pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appeArs that gold i■ nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about 281 per cent., and the premium on gold is 157 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold fro the United States. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market steady, and sales will probably n o t exceed 4,000 or 5,000 bales. a A RAILWAY INCIDENT. —The Duke of last oc w c a u s pan tra t v o e f l a li fi n r g st- b c y lass ra ca il rriageh when at nd anthe s)e interveni ng station another passenger got i n in a hurry. No soonEr did he perceive that there was but one passenger in t h e carriage than he called out pr ett y lustily, " Guard, guard, let me out I" The train, however, started immediately, and the stranger dropped into his seat, looking exceedingly nervous, and ventured at length to say, "It's rather an awkward thing travelling with only one man now-a-days." The duke, whose frank and open countenance might satisfy the most suspicious, appreciated the joke, but did not take the advantage of it he fairly might, and replied good naturedly, " Well, if you aro not afraid of me I am not afraid of you." PEARL FISHING IN SCOTLAND.—In conEetinenca of the long-continued drought, the Earn has been in a remarkably low state the whole summer, which has enabled persons to prosecute pearl fishing with considerable success. At Innerpeffray and Colquhalzie pearls abound in the river and this season a good nuu.ber have been found, ranging in value frcm £1 to A few days ago a young man discov.red a pearl which h as b een pronounced to be worth £s.—Seotsinan, A fire broke out a few days since in the village of Torre, in the commune of Crocefleschi, near Genoa, which in a very short time destroyed 33 houses, and plunged a great number of families into distress. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—The first section of the railway from Ryde to Shanklin was opened for passenger traffic estcr day. Eleien trains are to run each way on week days, and two trains each way on Sundays. Coaches and omnibuses, under the management of the company, will complete the communication between Ventvor and the Shanklin statioll until the second section of the line from Shanklin to Vent• nor is opened. The completion of this tact work has 1 , ea delayed owing to the difficulties which have bee z met wilb, in tunnelling through tho high range of downs! t2utttA ti Veatuor.